Supreme Court Decisions Regarding Segregation Supreme Court Case Year
Majority Opinion
Established "separate but equal" as
1896 constitutional
Shelley v. Kraemer
Declared neighborhood housing covenants
1948 denying certain kinds of buyers, usually based on
race, as unconstitutional.
1954 "separate but equal" declared unconstitutional
Laws forbidding interracial marriage declared
1969 unconstitutional.
Loving v. Virginia
! Roe v. Wade
:: Miranda v. Arizona
:: Plessyv. Ferguson
:: Gideon v. Wainwright
:: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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